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Music, Media, and Meaning
Students analyze a short clip from the movie Lion King with four different musical accompaniments to recognize how music influences our emotions and communicates different messages.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Animals and Images: What do you See?
Students analyze different types of images for messages about image forms and about reptiles, amphibians and dinosaurs.
Lower Elementary
Under 15 Minutes
Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Lower Elementary
Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Winter Holidays Around the World
Students analyze book covers for messages about winter holidays around the world and about book covers as media messages.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Our Changing Planet: Climate, SEL, and Media Literacy for Our Youngest Students
Students analyze excerpts from a picture book for messages about the impact of climate change and the actions people can take for the planet - while also reflecting on their emotional responses and the intent of the author/illustrator.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Is This Media? How Can You Tell?
Students analyze an array of images for messages about what is media.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Under 15 Minutes
How Do I Choose? Picking the Right Book for Me
Students analyze book covers and pages from various children’s books to determine personal preferences in reading for a variety of purposes.
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Baby Shark: Introducing Analysis Skills
Students analyze the viral video “Baby Shark” to practice observation, link evidence to a document, assess what is true and not about sharks, and reflect on the credibility of media messages.
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Discovering Ramadan
Students analyze a tweet, calendar, and book covers related to the celebration of Ramadan to discover unique traditions associated with the holy month and to contrast media forms.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
How Much Fruit is in this Drink? How Can You Tell?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode juice containers for messages about health and nutrition.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
The Face of Cereal: Using Cartoon Characters to Persuade Children
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal packages for messages about health and advertising.
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Dinosaurs: What’s True and What’s Not?
Students analyze messages about dinosaurs in a film, an advertisement, a website, a video game, a TV program and a fiction and non-fiction book - and assess the credibility of each source.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
What Can You Tell From a Book Cover?
Students analyze pairs of different covers for the same children’s book for messages about techniques, purpose, impact and target audience.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Raptors in the Media
Students analyze a book cover, a magazine cover, a tweet, a poster, a website and a YouTube screen shot for messages about media forms, osprey, eagles and condors and environmental concerns.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Butterflies in the Media
Students analyze a magazine cover, a T-shirt, a book cover, a webpage, a button and a comic for messages about butterflies, endangered species and media forms.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Dolphins in the Media
Students analyze a book cover, a magazine cover, a tweet, a poster, a cartoon, a toy and an advertisement for messages about media forms, dolphins and environmental concerns.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
What Does the Dollar Bill Tell You About the United States?
Students analyze the imagery on the dollar bill for symbols and messages about the beliefs of the founders of the United States and about what constitutes media.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Mr. Rogers: What Do We Do When Our Feelings Are Hurt?
In this media literacy activity students analyze clips from a documentary film and a feature film about Mr. Rogers for messages about storytelling in film and about how to deal with difficult feelings.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Internet Messages About Toys: What’s the Purpose?
In this media literacy activity, students analyze a toy commercial, an educational video and a clip from an animated film for messages about the purpose of media messages.
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Why Vote?
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about why voting is important.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes